About The Word Convene
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Convene
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What's The Definition Of Convene?
[v] call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
[v] meet formally; "The council convened last week" Synonyms | Synonyms for Convene: convoke Related Terms | Find terms related to Convene: assemble | bid come | call | call away | call back | call for | call forth | call in | call out | call together | call up | cite | conjure | conjure up | convoke | demand | evoke | hold a meeting | hold a session | indent | invoke | meet | muster | muster up | open | order up | page | preconize | recall | requisition | send after | send for | serve | sit | subpoena | summon | summon forth | summon up | summons See Also | assemble | foregather | forgather | gather | meet | reconvene | sit | summon Convene In Webster's Dictionary \Con*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Convened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Convenong}.] [L. convenire; con- + venire to come:
cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to
assemble. See {Come}, and cf. {Covenant}.]
1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.]
In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and
convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
--Sir I.
Newton.
2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose;
to meet; to assemble. --Locke.
The Parliament of Scotland now convened. --Sir R.
Baker.
Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
--Thomson.
Syn: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to
unite.
\Con*vene"\, v. t. 1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. --Pope. 2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. --Ayliffe. |
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